Train Trip and More!

Twenty-six hours after boarding a train near New Orleans, I arrived in Washington, DC. Forty years ago I took an around the country trip by Amtrak and what a change between now and then. The high-backed seats in coach recline and the space between rows is about double that of airplanes, which made sleeping more…

US Train Insecurity

History shows that terrorists are not likely to come into this country by hopping trains from Canada. That is not to say they don’t like trains.  As I learned at nbcnews.com, “Surface transportation really has become the terrorists’ killing fields.  They may not ride trains, but they would love to blow up passenger trains full…